I'm really excited for this season. Feels so good to be done with Sacco even Roy's a big question mark himself. Our top 9 is insane, and having Roy and allaire should help Varly while it'll be interesting to watch Barrie continue to grow into a stud who'll eventually play next to EJ. Avs are gunna be so sick in the near future.

Btw florida's gonna be really good in a year or two. Huberdeau-Barkov bossing things on the first line, Bjustad centering the second with Shore/Howden/Matthias is a big and skilled forward core. With Markstrom, Kulikov and Gudbranson to build their defense around in soupy's final years that teams gunna be nasty if Tallon doesn't **** it up colossally.

Barkov is such a stud. Huberdeau, too. Howden, Bjugstad, and Shore should all be able to play a role on the team, toss Vince Trocheck in to that mix, as well. Could get one or two decently high ceilings among that later group.

Yeah, Barkov will be so good. I think he and hubs will be florida's version of JumboJoe and Marleau. Kid is just so cerebral and skilled to go with that ridiculous size. Plus they'll probably add another top 5 pick this year that should factor into their top 6 or top 4 pretty soon. That team is going to just push teams around in that division.

I'm insanely excited about MacK but before the lottery I was cool with even dropping a little bit because adding Barkov to Duchene and O'Reilly would've given us 3 completely different #1 centers. But I'm ok with having two of the absolute best skaters in the NHL with amazing hands instead. :-D

I don't like that there are Kulikov rumors seemingly every year, though. They have to actually keep their talent and they need success to do so, so if Barkov and Hubie want to start dominating asap that would be cool.

I'm insanely excited about MacK but before the lottery I was cool with even dropping a little bit because adding Barkov to Duchene and O'Reilly would've given us 3 completely different #1 centers. But I'm ok with having two of the absolute best skaters in the NHL with amazing hands instead. :-D

If Zanon and Hunwick where your top pairing your spirit would be broken to. Varly dominated the KHL during the lockout, and was awesome the first half of the season where he, Dutchy and pap were dragging the Avs to the playoff bubble. With Roy replacing Sacco, a healthy EJ and Barrie there all year I'm expecting Varly to finally put together a full year of awesome Varly.

And if not goalie's our deepest position in the prospect pool with Martin joining Aittokallio, Pickard and Patterson.

I don't like that there are Kulikov rumors seemingly every year, though. They have to actually keep their talent and they need success to do so, so if Barkov and Hubie want to start dominating asap that would be cool.

I'd be ok with them trading Kuli to the Avs. Barrie's awesome and the trio of Bigras, Siemens and Elliot all have top 4 potential but adding somebody already ready to play with EJ would be too awesome. Especially if they decide to be dumb enough again to let him for less than an equivalent young player like Ryan O'Reilly going the other way.

I'm surprisingly ok with the Avs d for now, this is a transitional year where we'll find out how the guys bounce back now that Sacco is gone, who we'll be able to lock up before next summer, and how those kids on d do. If Wilson can stay healthy for long enough I think Barrie will be ready step up next to EJ this year, and Elliott could be ready to take Barrie's place next to Hejda, especially with him being reunited with Siemens in the AHL until injuries hit.

what in the **** is that. the dark blue make it look like they're wearing capes. and did they really need to write buffalo on the front? i mean it's not like we could look at the logo and figure that out or anything.

Look at that team two years from now. $36.6 million already committed to just 7 players in 2015-16 and that doesn't include Toews and Kane, who will need new deals by then. They must really be banking on the cap reaching 80 million in a hurry.